懺悔

See also: 忏悔

Chinese

feel remorse; regret; repent regret
trad. (懺悔)
simp. (忏悔)
alternative forms 讖悔谶悔

Etymology

Combination of abbreviated Sanskrit क्षमा (kṣamā, pardon, forgiveness) + native Chinese (“regret”).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2
Initial () (19) (32) (32)
Final () (149) (42) (42)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Closed Closed
Division () II I I
Fanqie
Baxter tsrhaemH xwojX xwojH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡ʃʰˠamH/ /huʌiX/ /huʌiH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʈ͡ʂʰᵚamH/ /huoiX/ /huoiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡ʃʰamH/ /xuɒiX/ /xuɒiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʈ͡ʂʰaɨmH/ /hwəjX/ /hwəjH/
Li
Rong
/t͡ʃʰamH/ /xuᴀiX/ /xuᴀiH/
Wang
Li
/t͡ʃʰamH/ /xuɒiX/ /xuɒiH/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ʈ͡ʂʰamH/ /xuɑ̆iX/ /xuɑ̆iH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
chàn huǐ huì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
caam3 fui2 fui3

Verb

懺悔

  1. to make confession
  2. to repent one's sins

Usage notes

懺悔忏悔 (chànhuǐ) can be used to refer to both the Buddhist and Catholic tradition of confession and repentance.

Derived terms

  • 懺悔室 / 忏悔室 (chànhuǐshì)
  • 懺悔星期二 / 忏悔星期二
  • 懺悔錄 / 忏悔录

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (懺悔):
  • Japanese: 懺悔(さんげ) (sange); 懺悔(ざんげ) (zange)
  • Korean: 참회(懺悔) (chamhoe)
  • Vietnamese: sám hối (懺悔)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
さん
Hyōgai
け > げ
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spellings
(kyūjitai)
懴悔
Kanji in this term
ざん
Hyōgai
け > げ
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spellings
(kyūjitai)
懴悔

Pronunciation

Noun

(さん)() or 懺悔(せんげ) • (sange or senge

  1. (Buddhism) repentance

Noun

(ざん)() • (zange

  1. confession and repentance in Christianity and other religions
  2. confession to another person

Verb

(さん)()する or 懺悔(せんげ)する • (sange suru or senge surusuru (stem (さん)() (sange shi), past (さん)()した (sange shita))

  1. (Buddhism) confess

(ざん)()する • (zange surusuru (stem (ざん)() (zange shi), past (ざん)()した (zange shita))

  1. confess and repent in Christianity and other religions
  2. confess to another person

Conjugation

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

懺悔 • (chamhoe) (hangeul 참회)

  1. hanja form? of 참회 (confession, repentance)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

懺悔

  1. chữ Hán form of sám hối (to repent [in Sanskrit is Kṣamayati (क्षमयति)], to show repentance)